title: Ambulatory surgery--the next decade.
abstract: Most of the experts agree: new technology, new laser applications, and new concepts of health care will keep the ambulatory surgery industry moving and growing. Statistics from the past seem to imply the same thing. Ten years from now we can reread this article and see if we were accurate.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Cruz
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000639:trends; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D012954:Societies, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States